INTERNATIONAL
OECD guidance on data waiving for acute toxicity tests
Update on the ICH guideline on elemental impurities
IARC releases three assessments
JECFA summary and conclusions on food additives
EUROPE
REACH…
…OECD QSAR Toolbox Version 3.4
…Latest versions of CHESAR and REACH-IT now available
…ECHA advice on alternative methods
…Guidance on the environmental assessment of natural complex substances (NCSs)
…Identification of benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) as a substance of very high concern (SVHC)
…Other items of interest
Classification and labelling…
…New ECHA guidance
…Ninth adaptation to technical process
…New proposals for harmonised classification and labelling
…Call for opinions on acetaldehyde
Biocidal Products Regulation
…New software for biocide dossier submission
…BPC opinions on biocidal substances
EC release impact assessment of new criteria to identify endocrine disruptors
JRC…
…considers the risk assessment of chemical mixtures
…reviews carcinogenicity testing across industrial sectors
…evaluates the safety of tattoos and permanent make-up (PMU)
EFSA…
…discusses current issues in toxicological risk assessment
…reviews exposure assessment methodologies
… guidance on the benchmark dose (BMD) approach to risk assessment
… dietary reference values (DRVs) for potassium and vitamin B6
…assesses ground sunflower seed hulls for use in food-contact materials
…evaluates the safety of calcium phosphoryl oligosaccharides in foods/food supplements
…assesses the safety of fermented soybean extract
…verdict on three flavouring groups
…evaluates malachite green (MG) contamination of seafood
…evaluates the health risks of microplastics and nanoplastics in food
…assesses TFB for use in food-contact materials
…reviews an organophosphate for use in food-contact materials
…assesses potassium metabisulphite as part of a food-contact device
…concludes on the safety of animal feed additives
…publishes conclusions on eight pesticides
…issues opinions on ‘basic substance’ applications
…releases rapporteur member state assessment reports on eight pesticides
…investigates pesticides with links to Parkinson’s disease and leukaemia
SCHEER issues opinion on tobacco additives
EMA…
…issues herbal product assessments
…publishes public statement on pyrrolizidine alkaloids in herbal medicines
DECOS…
…publishes draft carcinogenicity report on 1,2-dichloroethane
…assesses reproductive/developmental toxicity of DEGME
NEG-DECOS evaluates diesel exhaust
VKM publishes risk assessments of substances in food supplements and energy drinks
UNITED KINGDOM
SACN finalises report on vitamin D
PHE issues toxicological summary on mercury
COT…
…publishes outcomes of July meeting
…and makes available an addendum on aluminium
UNITED STATES
TCEQ issues new Development Support Documents (DSDs)
Outcome of the 139th meeting of the CIR Expert Panel
REST OF THE WORLD
Canadian agencies release screening reports on environmental chemicals
APVMA issues public release summary on mandestrobin
NICNAS…
…issues IMAP assessments
…and releases reports on industrial chemicals